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luvcraft

ugh

Jul 29, 2009 09:03

The Prisoner remake looks TERRIBLE. :(

It looks like they've turned it into a cross between Lost and Dark City, and got the most uncharismatic actor possible to play #6.

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_wirehead_ July 29 2009, 19:11:09 UTC

whoa recursive comment links.

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_wirehead_ July 29 2009, 20:13:11 UTC

have you seen this? ("did you mean...")

*edit: better version

jarmon July 29 2009, 15:14:21 UTC

Caviezel played Christ for God's sake.

I disagree with this statement.

elijahdprophet July 29 2009, 15:23:12 UTC

Little known fact, Jesus wasn't all that charismatic...

jarmon July 29 2009, 16:48:49 UTC

Shut up Jew.

luvcraft July 29 2009, 15:47:35 UTC

he's all squinty and gruff, and that seems to be all he can do. Maybe it's from when he got struck by lightning during the filming of Passion.

Patrick McGoohan, on the other hand, could make a scene where he reads a newspaper for five minutes exciting.

stanleypain July 29 2009, 17:52:51 UTC

I dunno. It looks like it might be cool. It's more of a re-envisioning than a remake, which I guess I'm cool with.

The only thing I have a problem with is the altering of the underlying theme of the show. In the original, the idea was to "break" No. 6 by continuously playing with his sense of reality and his sense of structure. It seems here that in favor of having regular cast members and all that, they have done away with some of that. I doubt each of these episodes, for example, will stand on their own the way the original Prisoner episodes do. Otherwise, I'll reserve judgement till it comes out since it looks well made and has some very nice production design.

ossuarian July 29 2009, 19:24:49 UTC

Ian McKellan is a perfect choice for No. 2. I don't have sound, and I've only seen a little bit. Except for its motionlessness, Lost was a good show that played with perceptions in a way that reminded me of the Prisoner. If they made a Lost-like show with vaguer and more fundamental playing with reality, and if they made it a show where stuff sometimes happened, I'd be pretty happy with it.

luvcraft July 29 2009, 20:35:10 UTC

yes. if, after the first season, Lost had gotten more Prisonery and less soap-opera-ey, I would have continued to watch it. Unfortunately, it took the opposite course.